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The Washington Post editorial board says Trump and the Republican Party will need more than name-calling to save them from an upcoming mid-term disaster.<\/p>\n

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\u201cTrump has mentioned communism more than 80 times in the past two weeks, according to Reuters. In a speech on the eve of America\u2019s 250th anniversary celebrations, he called communism a \u2018mortal threat to American liberty\u2019 and \u2018the greatest threat to our country.\u2019 He followed up at the NATO conference in Ankara, Turkey, warning that promises of free housing end in \u2018squalor\u2019 and \u2018disaster.\u2019<\/p>\n

While he\u2019s right that the abolition of private property and subordination are at odds with the principles on which the United States was founded and promises of communist utopias have ended in repression and poverty, the reality is that most Americans simply don\u2019t believe that American socialists want to create a Stalinist or Maoist dictatorship. <\/p>\n

Trump is up against the curmudgeonly arguments of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) who the Times says is entering his final years \u201cmore politically successful than ever, having inspired a younger generation of socialists to take power.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSome 38 percent of Americans under 30 say they have a favorable view of communism, according to a recent survey from the Cato Institute,\u201d report the Times. \u201cAnd 53 percent of Gen Z respondents said they view socialism favorably, compared with 45 percent who said the same of capitalism.\u201d<\/p>\n

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This suggests that trying to demonize the Democratic Party as \u201chardcore, godless communists\u201d \u2014 as Trump and other senior Republicans have done \u2014 is about as effective as trying to brand Trump a fascist before his 2024 election victory.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese words are losing their force. Labels alone rarely persuade voters. A stronger case must be made by explaining policies and their likely consequences,\u201d said the Times. \u201cVoters want answers on the economy and inflation, not a high school debate over political philosophy. There is no substitute for a policy platform, a lesson Republicans may learn the hard way if they fail to take the cost-of-living crisis more seriously.\u201d<\/p>\n

But that is a challenge for Trump, who embraces a wide array of interventionist economic policies himself. <\/p>\n

\u201cTaking government stakes in private companies, raising border taxes and bullying companies over prices undermine his warnings about the dangers of socialism. They also set a precedent for a Democratic administration that will seek even more government control,\u201d the Times warned. \u201cIf the president wants to persuade voters that the Democratic Party has lurched too far to the left, he should start by ditching his increasingly socialist policies.\u201d<\/p>\n

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